Clarify Bedrock licensing scenario.

LICENSE-bedrock.md

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+Bedrock Non-Commercial License v1.0
+===================================
+
+Copyright (c) 2011-2021 Digital Bazaar, Inc.
+All rights reserved.
+
+Summary
+=======
+
+This license allows the licensee to use Bedrock and its software modules
+for non-commercial purposes such as self-study, research, personal
+projects, or for evaluation purposes. If the licensee uses Bedrock
+directly or indirectly to generate revenue, or to provide products or
+services to more than 500 people (users), the licensee must immediately
+obtain a non-profit or commercial license.
+
+Examples
+========
+
+These are examples of cases that are allowed by this license:
+
+* The licensee is an individual that creates Bedrock-dependent software for
+  personal use only.
+* The licensee is an individual or group of students/researchers that uses
+  Bedrock to experiment with an idea for a non-commercial project.
+* The licensee is a startup company that prototypes a Bedrock-dependent
+  product before they have cash flow and will be testing the prototype
+  software with less than 500 users. The service will not generate revenue
+  of any kind.
+* The licensee is a for-profit organization that creates a product or
+  service that is used by less than 500 users and is built with or
+  integrates with Bedrock. The service must be exclusively provided for free
+  and no parent, subsidiary, agent, or affiliate organization may profit
+  from its use.
+
+These cases require a non-profit or commercial license:
+
+* The licensee is a non-profit that receives funding to create and/or run a
+  Bedrock-dependent service.
+* The licensee is a startup company with Bedrock-dependent software that is
+  funded by another organization.
+* The licensee is a startup company that is going into production with
+  Bedrock-dependent software.
+* The licensee has more than 500 users using a Bedrock-dependent service
+  either directly or indirectly.
+* The licensee is a medium to large organization that builds or integrates a
+  commercial product or service with Bedrock.
+
+THE LICENSE
+===========
+
+This section and all subsequent sections of this document constitute the
+agreement between the licensee and Digital Bazaar, Inc.
+
+DEFINITIONS
+===========
+
+* Product - The Bedrock software and any modules associated with Bedrock
+where Digital Bazaar, Inc. owns the copyright.
+
+CONDITIONS
+==========
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted for NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES as long as the
+following conditions are met:
+
+1. Any use of the Product must not generate revenue for the licensee or
+   any parent, subsidiary, agent, or affiliate of the licensee. Use of
+   Product includes, but is not limited to, interacting with any of the
+   licensee's Product-dependent products or services over a network.
+
+2. The aggregate number of individual people (users) of the licensee's
+   products or services that use Product must be less than 500.
+
+3. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice
+   intact, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+4. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this license and the following disclaimer in the documentation and
+   on a web page available via interactive use and/or other materials
+   provided with the distribution.
+
+5. Neither the name of the copyright holder, the names of its
+   contributors, nor any trademarks held by the copyright holder may be used
+   to endorse or promote products or services built using the Product without
+   specific prior written permission.
+
+6. Any modifications are clearly outlined in release documentation and are
+   specifically mentioned as not being a part of an official Product release.
+   No additional restrictions to this license may be made when distributing
+   modifications.
+
+7. For the avoidance of doubt, this license prohibits sublicensing of the
+   Product.
+
+8. Any breach of this license by licensee must be resolved within 30 days.
+   Failure to do so results in the termination of this license.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
+IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
+CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+To obtain a non-profit or commercial license for Product, please contact
+Digital Bazaar, Inc. at the following email address:
+
+Digital Bazaar <support@digitalbazaar.com>

README.md

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 Bedrock and all Bedrock modules are:
 
-    Copyright (c) 2011-2021 Digital Bazaar, Inc.
-    All Rights Reserved
+    Copyright (c) 2011-2024 Digital Bazaar, Inc.
 
 You can use Bedrock for non-commercial purposes such as self-study, research,
-personal projects, or for evaluation purposes. See the [LICENSE][] file for
-details about the included non-commercial license information.
+personal projects, or for evaluation purposes. Many Bedrock libraries (including
+the core) are open source licensed under the [BSD-3-Clause](LICENSE.md). However,
+some components use a custom non-commercial, source visible license: see the
+[LICENSE-bedrock.md](LICENSE-bedrock.md) file for details.
 
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